Riot Fest 2016 Highlights

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Riot Fest is annually one of my favorite weekends in Chicago, and among the country’s most unique music festivals. Although it has grown from a small, multi-venue event into a full-blown destination festival, Riot Fest manages to maintain an outsider, DIY spirit. Some festivals are really about radio hits and quirky outfits these days, but Riot Fest continues to focus on the music and draw attendees that do too. The lineup includes up and comers as well as that band you haven’t blasted since driving to high school.

This year, I teamed up with DNAinfo to shoot a series of Riot Fest features. This included daily artist coverage as well as capturing the die-hard Misfits fans that flocked to see the unlikely reunion. And it wouldn’t be Riot Fest without mohawks.

Check out the articles and some of my favorite snaps from the weekend!

Riot Fest Friday

We grooved to Damien Marley and Jimmy Eat World, saluted the return of Ween, and got weird with the Flaming Lips.